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Cocacola ( continued 3)
Act two
Scene one
Farina: Anyone would think I am mad sitting here alone like
a mad dog ( Then, she tries to stand up, holding the stem of the poster with one hand while she relies upon her stick): Nothing I can do about it. Astaghfiru Allah Alathim! ( she stands up and she makes out a gang of boys in the distance, holding sticks): Astaghfiru Allah Al Athim!
A boy ( in a sarcastic and sardonic tone): Here is the old bitch! A real specialist in the rites of death
Farina: ( Looks up, then down, then straight at the gang of boys): In the grave, life is but a lie. Memory has no return and time cannot be recovered.
The boys: The old bitch is completely free from time. She is free from smiles and is replete with memories. She is a two hundred years old vagabond distributing songs.
Farina: This land! ( she beats the ground with thr remaining ower of her feet) is gone. It has turned into a brothel of lies, exterminating the good and nourrishing the evil-minded. It....( hesitates as she makes out another gang of boys in the distance, rolling and splashing in mud)
Farina: Let soldiers muddy every rose, every plant with scaly and patent boots. Here we are! A land secluded by hatred, division and strife! Sons and fathers, masters and servants, the old and the young...quarrelsome and bad! Here we are!
A boy: Pray! The old bitch is the manifestation of Allah''s perfection on earth! She is free from her flesh and is in a spiritual body, wrapped in decay and rot.
Farina: Seek Ahhah! Seek him and he will make your heart his dwelling place. Seek him for what he is and repent! Turn out to love and grace! Cry out: " I perish my lord! Save me!". Feel Him in your heart! Feel Him in your soul! Pray and repent, especially when you are spiritually dry!
( Murmur and chanting grows into violence filling out the place)
A boy: Let us hop the old woman mad! A female messenger, old and gray!
Farina: There will begin the three days of darkness. The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give forth its light. I pray that each action in our lives will be a prayer for the lord''s anger to be tamed. Allah! I know that it is time we repented. Give us ears to listen with, and eyes to see with and hearts to hold and to cherish the devotion to you. Oh, God! Redress our will! Mend our hearts! This is a mindless and stiff-necked generation.
A boy: Now, let us witnessan undeniable proof of the infinite power of Allah! Just a moment. ( He opens an umbrella). Let us protect the old bitch lest she would redden and blister. ( A young girl skips like an ailing bird, holding out a hollow cylindrical plate for bystanders to fill it in with coins)
Farina: Unless there is that response, the earth and the whole unconsciousness of Man with rot and decay. Survivors will change pray and repent
The girl with a dish: ( looks straight at the bystanders): The old bitch is honest and modest. Once, she lost her way, went through marsh, bubbled in waste and forded in stormy rivers. She jumped over walls, crossed valleys and mountains. In short, this ( pointing at Farina) wonderful beast has once proved to be miraculous. Now, the will of the lord has reduced her to distress and inefficiency. She has decayed and perished under the lash of despair and plague. ( a hunful coins are thrown into the held-out-dish)
Farina: Repent! Meditate! Pray! Devote yourself to the lord as best you can! Receive Allah''s grace as only He can give it. Live it as only grace provides! Be patient in your meditations and know that this is a message of fact and reality that you must see within yourselves
The boys ( Lashing Farina across the back and shoulders)
Farina: ( walking away: Remember! Oh please remember to cry out to the almighty! " We peish our lord in the shadow of hatred"
( A police van creaks to a stop. The boys run away. Farina sck against the poster)
The curtain falls
Act two
Scene two
( to be continued later)
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Published: November 01, 2007
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